👉Dusk Network: Layer 1 Infrastructure for Private and Compliant Finance
Dusk Network is a Layer 1 blockchain specifically designed for the regulated financial sector, focusing on the intersection of privacy and compliance (RegDeFi). Unlike other networks, Dusk integrates confidentiality directly into its base protocol, enabling the execution of Confidential Smart Contracts (XSC) that preserve sensitive transaction data while ensuring auditability and automated compliance.
The core of the network operates through the Segregated Byzantine Agreement (SBA) consensus mechanism. This system innovates by separating transaction validation (performed by Provisioners) from block generation, using a process of random cryptographic selection. The SBA guarantees instant and deterministic finality — a critical requirement for the settlement of financial assets, as it eliminates the risk of forks and reversals of confirmed transactions.
The underlying privacy technology is based on Zero-Knowledge Proofs (ZKPs). Dusk implements the PLONK proof system, which offers a universal and updatable setup, allowing participants to validate the correctness of calculations without revealing input data (such as balances or identities). This architecture is supported by Rusk (and its evolution Piecrust), a Zero-Knowledge Virtual Machine (ZK-VM) optimized to execute complex business logic privately and efficiently.
In summary, Dusk Network addresses the institutional "privacy versus transparency" dilemma, enabling the issuance and trading of Security Tokens and real-world assets (RWA) on-chain without exposing trade secrets, establishing a new technical standard for decentralized financial infrastructure.
